Dutch: Bisdom bij de Krijgsmacht French: Diocèse aux Forces armées belges
Church of St. James on Coudenberg
Location
Country
Belgium
Ecclesiastical province
Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Parishes
1
Churches
1
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
7 September 1957 (66 years ago)
Cathedral
Church of St. James on Coudenberg
Secular priests
11
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Luc Terlinden
Website
Diocèse aux forces armées
The Military Ordinariate of Belgium (Dutch: Bisdom bij de Krijgsmacht, French: Diocèse aux Forces armées belges) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church in Belgium. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Belgian Armed Forces and their families.
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